Hebrew verb · H1961
הָיָה
hayahhaw-yaw
to be
3,559 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hâyâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1961is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 231spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1961
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
The King James renders it: beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hayah is rendered "to be". It stands 3,559 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- 316 of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 1:2Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- The Greek text spells it 231 different ways.
The first use
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Genesis 1:2הָיְתָ֥ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in three of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and it was105
- and it will be25
- it will be23
- and they were21
- and he was18
- it was18
- and there was13
- may it be13
- they will be13
- and it will become11
- they were10
- he was9
and 104 more, 500 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
The first 500 of 3,559
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
231 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַיְהִ֗י21
- וַֽיְהִי־19
- וַֽיְהִי־13
- יִהְיֶ֣ה12
- הָיָ֥ה10
- וַיְהִ֤י10
- וַיְהִ֥י9
- וַיְהִ֕י9
- וַיְהִ֣י9
- וַיְהִ֣י׀8
- הָיָ֖ה6
- וְהָיָ֥ה6
and 219 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqw3ms144Hc/Vqw3ms
- Hc/Vqq3ms41Hc/Vqq3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular41HVqp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular39HVqi3ms
- Hc/Vqw3mp22Hc/Vqw3mp
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular22HVqj3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural22HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural19HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular15HVqp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular14HVqp1cs
- Hc/Vqw3fs11Hc/Vqw3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular9HC/Vqj3ms
Genesis
316 uses
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- הָיְתָ֥הhayetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
- יְהִ֣יyehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let it be
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and there was
God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and there was
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and there was
And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.”
- יְהִ֥יyehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let it be
- וִיהִ֣יvihiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and let it be
So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and there was
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and there was
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and there was
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and there was
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
- יְהִ֤יyehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let it be
- וְהָי֤וּvehayuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will become
And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.
- וְהָי֤וּvehayuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will become
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and there was
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and there was
And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and there was
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and there was
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
- יִֽהְיֶ֖הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and there was
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and there was
Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
- יִֽהְיֶ֣הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- וַֽיְהִ֥יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he became
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
- וְהָיָ֖הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it became
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
- הֱי֥וֹתheyotverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
- וְהָי֖וּvehayuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they become
And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
- וַיִּֽהְי֤וּvaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
- הָיָ֣הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
- וִהְיִיתֶם֙vihyitemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will be
And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
- הָֽיְתָ֖הhayetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she was
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
- הָיָה֙hayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has become
Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
- הָיָ֖הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was
So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
- וַֽיְהִ֖יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it happened
Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
- וַֽיְהִי֙vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- בִּהְיוֹתָ֣םbihyotampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: when were they
When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
- תִּֽהְיֶ֥הtihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be
Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
- וְהָיִ֜יתִיvehayitiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will be
- וְהָיָ֥הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.
- וַֽיְהִי֙vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.
- הָיָ֔הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was
And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
- הָיָ֔הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was
And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַיִּֽהְי֣וּvaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
- וַיִּֽהְי֞וּvaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
- וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙vaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
- וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙vaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
So Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.
- וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙vaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
- וַיִּהְיוּ֙vaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
- וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙vaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.
- וַיְהִ֖יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
- וַיִּהְיוּ֙vaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
- וַֽיְהִי֙vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
- וַֽיְהִי֙vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
- וְהָי֣וּvehayuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will be
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
- הָי֣וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were
This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
- הָיָ֖הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was
And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
- יִֽהְיֽוּ׃yihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be
You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”
- וְהָיָ֥הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will become
Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
- הָיָ֔הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
And after seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth.
- וַֽיְהִ֖יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- הָי֖וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were
And the rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights.
- וַֽיְהִ֥יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
- וַֽיְהִ֧יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
- הָיוּ֙hayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were
After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark
- וַֽיְהִ֕יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
- וַֽ֠יְהִיvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
- יִֽהְיֶ֔הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
- יִהְיֶ֖הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will become
And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
- יִהְיֶ֥הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
- וְהָֽיְתָה֙vehayetahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will become
Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
- וְהָיָ֕הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
- יִֽהְיֶ֨הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will become
And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”
- וְהָיְתָ֥הvehayetahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will be
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
- וַיִּֽהְי֣וּvaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
- יִֽהְיֶ֥הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be
He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
- וִיהִ֥יvihiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and let him be
May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
- וִיהִ֥יvihiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and let him be
So Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died.
- וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙vaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
- לִֽהְי֥וֹתlihyotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
- הָיָ֥הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was
His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- וַתְּהִ֨יvatehiHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
- וַֽיְהִ֞יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
- וַֽיְהִ֥יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
- וַֽיְהִ֥יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
- וַֽיְהִ֖יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
- וַתְּהִ֨יvatehiHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it became
- הָיָ֥הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it became
But Sarai was barren; she had no children.
- וַתְּהִ֥יvatehiHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she was
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
- וַיִּהְי֣וּvaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- וֶהְיֵ֖הvehyehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and you be
Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
- וַיְהִ֥יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
- וַיְהִ֕יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
- וְהָיָ֗הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
- וַיְהִ֕יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it be
From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
- הָ֨יָהhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it had been
Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
- הָיָ֥הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it be
But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.
- הָיָ֤הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.
- תְהִ֤יtehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: there be
In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
- הָיָ֤הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it came
And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
- יִהְיֶ֖הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
- וַיְהִ֤יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- יִהְיֶ֣הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
- וַיְהִ֤יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- הָיָ֑הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
- יִהְיֶה֙yihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- וַיְהִ֣יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
- וֶהְיֵ֥הvehyehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and be
“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
- וְהָיִ֕יתָvehayitaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will become
No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
- וְהָיָ֤הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- לִהְי֤וֹתlihyotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to become
And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
- וְהָיִ֥יתִיvehayitiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will become
You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
- וְהָיָה֙vehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will become
Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
- וְהָיְתָ֧הvehayetahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will be
And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
- וְהָֽיְתָ֣הvehayetahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and she will become
- יִהְיֽוּ׃yihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be
And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
- לִהְי֣וֹתlihyotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be
So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
- הָֽיְתָה־hayetah-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: has it be
Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
- הָי֧וֹhayoverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to become
- יִֽהְיֶ֛הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will become
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
- וְהָיָ֥הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
- וַיְהִ֥יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
- וַיְהִי֩vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
- וַתְּהִ֖יvatehiHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she was
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
- וַֽיְהִי֙vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.
- וַתְּהִי־vatehi-Hc/Vqw3fstagged: and she became
So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
- וַיְהִ֞יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
- וַיְהִ֧יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
- וַיְהִ֖יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
- וַֽיְהִי֙vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”
- תִּֽהְיֶה־tihyeh-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it may become
Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
- וַיִּהְיוּ֙vaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
- וְהָיָ֣הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
- וַיְהִ֣י׀vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’
- וְהָיִ֥יתָvehayitaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will be
Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
- וְהָיָ֤הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”
- וּתְהִ֤יutehiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: so may she be
When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
- וַיְהִ֕יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
- הֲיִ֖יhayiverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: become
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
- וַתְּהִי־vatehi-Hc/Vqw3fstagged: and she became
Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
- הָי֛וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were
After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
- וַיְהִ֤יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
- וַיְהִ֣יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
- וַיְהִ֤יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- הָיָ֖הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
- וְאֶֽהְיֶ֥הveehyehHC/Vqu1cstagged: so I may be
When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it be
“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you
- הָיָ֣הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has been
- תְּהִ֨יtehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: let it be
On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
- וַיְהִ֣י׀vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.
- וַיְהִ֤יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
- וַתִּהְיֶ֖יןָvatihyeinaHc/Vqw3fptagged: and they were
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
- וַיְהִי֙vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
What if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
- וְהָיִ֥יתִיvehayitiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will be
Isaac did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he blessed him.
- הָי֣וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father’s presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”
- יִהְיֶֽה׃yihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be
His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.
- יִהְיֶ֣הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
- וְהָיָה֙vehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
- וְהָיִ֖יתָvehayitaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will become
Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
- וְהָיָ֤הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
- יִהְיֶ֨הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be
so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.
- וְהָיָ֧הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will become
And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
- יִהְיֶ֖הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.
- וַיְהִ֡יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his home, where Jacob told him all that had happened.
- וַיְהִי֩vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Leah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
- הָֽיְתָ֔הhayetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she was
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
- וַיִּהְי֤וּvaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
But when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
- וַיְהִ֣יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
- וַיְהִ֣יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
- וַיְהִ֕יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.
- הָיָ֥הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has been
Indeed, you had very little before my arrival, but now your wealth has increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I set foot. But now, when may I also provide for my own household?”
- הָיָ֨הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it be
Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.
- וְהָיָ֖הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”
- יְהִ֥יyehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let it be
Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.
- וְהָיָ֗הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it was
But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.
- וְהָיָ֤הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it was
Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it be
Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
- וְאֶֽהְיֶ֖הveehyehHC/Vqu1cstagged: so I may be
and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
- הָיָ֖הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has been
If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.
- יִהְיֶ֣הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
- יִהְיֶ֣הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
- הָיִ֧יתִיhayitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I was
If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
- הָ֣יָהhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had been
Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”
- וְהָיָ֥הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will become
I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it be
He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
- וְהָיָ֛הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will become
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
- הָיִ֖יתִיhayitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have become
“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
- יְהִ֥יyehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let it be
Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
- הָי֥וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were
You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”
- תִּהְיֶ֣הtihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be
We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.
- תִּהְי֣וּtihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will be
Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.
- וְהָיִ֖ינוּvehayinuHc/Vqq1cptagged: and we will become
But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
- לִהְי֖וֹתlihyotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to become
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
- וַיְהִי֩vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- בִּֽהְיוֹתָ֣םbihyotampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: when were they
Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
- וַיְהִי֙vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he has been
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
- וַיְהִ֣י׀vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
- יִהְיֶ֣הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
- יִהְיֶ֣הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
- וַיְהִ֥יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
- וַיְהִ֞יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- וַיִּֽהְי֥וּvaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
And Isaac lived 180 years.
- וַיִּֽהְי֖וּvaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.
- הָיָ֧הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
- וַיִּהְי֖וּvaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
- הָיְתָ֣הhayetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she was
These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
- הָי֔וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were
These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah (daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon) whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
- הָי֗וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were
The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.
- וַיִּהְי֥וּvaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.
- הָיָ֨הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was
“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
- יִּהְי֖וּyihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: will they be
So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the robe of many colors he was wearing—
- וַֽיְהִ֕יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.
- תְּהִי־tehi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it be
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
- וַֽיְהִי֙vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
- וְהָיָ֥הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he was
But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
- יִהְיֶ֣הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will belong
- וְהָיָ֞הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it was
He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.
- הָיְתָ֥הhayetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she was
So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
- הָיְתָ֥הhayetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she was
“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
- נִהְיֶ֣הnihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we should become
About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
- וַיְהִ֣י׀vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
When the time came for Tamar to give birth, there were twins in her womb.
- וַיְהִ֖יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.
- וַיְהִ֥יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
- וַיְהִ֣י׀vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
- וַיְהִ֤יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
- וַיְהִ֖יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
- וַיְהִ֕יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.
- וַיְהִ֡יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- וַיְהִ֞יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
- וַיְהִ֣יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
- וַיְהִ֕יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- לִהְי֥וֹתlihyotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be
One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
- וַיְהִי֙vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
- וַיְהִי֙vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
- וַיְהִ֣יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
- וַיְהִ֕יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
- וַיְהִי֩vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
- וַיְהִ֤יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he was
And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.
- הָיָ֥הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was
Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,
- וַיִּהְי֥וּvaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
- הָיִ֖יתָhayitaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you were
On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
- וַיְהִ֣י׀vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
- וַיְהִ֕יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
- וַיְהִ֤יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
- וַיְהִ֛יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- הָיָ֑הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind—they are seven years of famine.
- יִהְי֕וּyihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be
This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”
- וְהָיָ֨הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will become
- תִּהְיֶ֖יןָtihyeinaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will be
You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
- תִּהְיֶ֣הtihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be
During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.
- הָיוּ֙hayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were
When the seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end,
- הָיָ֖הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
- וַיְהִ֤יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- הָ֥יָהhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
- הָיָ֔הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
So the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.
- הָיָ֥הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
- הָי֥וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are
But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
- הָיִ֖ינוּhayinuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we are
As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
- הָי֥וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are
So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.
- וַֽיְהִ֞יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”
- נִֽהְיֶ֥הnihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will be
“As you say,” replied the steward. “But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame.”
- יִהְיֶה־yihyeh-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be
- תִּהְי֥וּtihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will be
But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
- יִהְיֶה־yihyeh-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be
Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
- וַיְהִי֙vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
- וְהָיָ֗הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
You shall settle in the land of Goshen and be near me—you and your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and everything you own.
- וְהָיִ֤יתָvehayitaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will be
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
- וַיִּהְי֥וּvaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they were
The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’
- הָי֑וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been
When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’
- וְהָיָ֕הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
- הָי֤וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
- הָיוּ֙hayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been
Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
- וְנִֽהְיֶ֞הvenihyehHC/Vqu1cptagged: so we may be
So Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,
- וַתְּהִ֥יvatehiHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it be
At harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and food for yourselves and your households and children.”
- וְהָיָה֙vehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
- יִהְיֶ֣הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
- וְהָיִ֥ינוּvehayinuHc/Vqq1cptagged: and we will be
So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.
- הָיְתָ֖הhayetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it belonged
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.
- וַיְהִ֤יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
- יִֽהְיוּ־yihyu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be
Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
- יִהְי֑וּyihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be
But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
- יִֽהְיֶה־yihyeh-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will become
- יִהְיֶ֥הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
- וְהָיָ֤הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be
He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
- וַיְהִ֖יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he became
He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
- יְהִי־yehi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he be
The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
- תִּֽהְיֶ֙ין֙tihyeinverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: may they be
Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.
- וַיְהִ֥יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Exodus
eighty-two uses
The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.
- וַֽיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- הָיָ֥הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was
Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
- וְהָיָ֞הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
- וַיְהִ֕יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he became
One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his own people and observed their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.
- וַיְהִ֣י׀vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- הָיִ֔יתִיhayitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have become
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
- וַיְהִי֩vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
- הָיָ֥הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was
“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
- אֶֽהְיֶ֣הʾehyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
- אֶֽהְיֶ֖הʾehyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am
- אֶֽהְיֶ֑הʾehyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am
- אֶֽהְיֶ֖הʾehyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am
And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.
- וְהָיָה֙vehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
“Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
- וַיְהִ֣יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it became
“Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
- וַיְהִ֥יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it became
And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.
- וְהָיָה֙vehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”
- וְהָיָ֡הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
- וְהָי֤וּvehayuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will become
- וְהָי֥וּvehayuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will become
Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
- אֶֽהְיֶ֣הʾehyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be
You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
- אֶֽהְיֶ֤הʾehyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will be
He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.
- וְהָ֤יָהvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
- יִֽהְיֶה־yihyeh-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will become
- תִּֽהְיֶה־tihyeh-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will become
Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
- וַיְהִ֥יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
The taskmasters kept pressing them, saying, “Fulfill your quota each day, just as you did when straw was provided.”
- בִּהְי֥וֹתbihyotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when was
I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
- וְהָיִ֥יתִיvehayitiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will become
Now on the day that the LORD spoke to Moses in Egypt,
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
- יִהְיֶ֥הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be
“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
- יְהִ֥יyehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it may become
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
- וַיְהִ֥יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it became
Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
- וַיִּהְי֖וּvaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they became
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
- וְיִֽהְיוּ־veyihyu-HC/Vqu3mptagged: so they may become
- וְהָ֤יָהvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
- וַיְהִ֥יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
- הָֽיְתָה֙hayetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it had come
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
- וְהָיָ֥הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will become
This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
- וַתְּהִי֙vatehiHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was
- הָיָ֥הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
- וַתְּהִי֙vatehiHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was
But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.
- הֱיֽוֹת־heyot-verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be
I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”
- יִהְיֶ֖הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will happen
then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
- הוֹיָ֗הhoyahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: about to be
It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”
- וְהָיָ֣הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will become
- וְהָיָ֨הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will become
So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it became
The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.
- הָיָ֣הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.
- הָיָ֤הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has been
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”
- וִיהִ֥יvihiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: so may it be
The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.
- וַיְהִ֣יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- הָיָ֤הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it had been
- הָיְתָ֥הhayetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it had become
The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.
- הָיָ֖הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”
- מִֽהְיֹ֛תmihyotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: for being
Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
- יִֽהְיֶה־yihyeh-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will happen
They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.
- הֱיוֹתָם֙heyotamverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: were they
Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is in ruins?”
- יִהְיֶ֨הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he become
Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
- יְהִ֨יyehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he be
So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
- הָיָ֔הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.
- הָ֨יָהhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it had been
- יִֽהְיֶה־yihyeh-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
- וִ֥יהִיvihiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: so may it be
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
- וַיְהִ֧יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
- הָ֥יָהhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it be
Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.
- וְהָֽיְתָ֛הvehayetahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will be
- נִהְיָ֔תָהnihyatahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has occurred
If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
- מִהְיֹ֣תmihyotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: for being
Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
- יִהְיֶ֣הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
- וְהָיָ֤הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
- וְהָיָה֩vehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will become
- יִֽהְיֶ֨הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
- וְהָיָה֩vehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will become
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
- יִהְיֶ֣הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.
- וְהָיָ֞הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
- וְהָיָ֕הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will be
Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.
- וַיְהִ֣י׀vayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
- וַתְּהִ֛יvatehiHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was
At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- וַיְהִ֗יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.
- וְהָיָ֖הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be
The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”
- יִהְיֶ֖הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
Psalms
102 uses
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- וְֽהָיָ֗הvehayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he is
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
- וִ֘יהִ֤יvihiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and he may be
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- הָיִ֬יתָhayitaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you are
They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he became
And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity.
- וָאֱהִ֣יvaehiHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I have been
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
- יִֽהְי֥וּyihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them be
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
- הָיָ֣הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has become
Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
- הָיִ֑יתָhayitaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have been
O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
- הָיִ֥יתִיhayitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I was
Hear me, O LORD, and have mercy; O LORD, be my helper.”
- הֱֽיֵה־heyeh-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: be
Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
- הֱיֵ֤הheyehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: become
Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
- הָיִ֪יתִיhayitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have become
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
- הָ֝יִ֗יתִיhayitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have become
Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
- תִּֽהְי֤וּ׀tihyuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you be
For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
- וַיֶּ֑הִיvaiyehiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- יְהִֽי־yehi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may it be
- יִֽהְי֗וּyihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be
- יְֽהִי־yehi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may it be
- תִּהְיֶֽה׃tihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be
- הָיִ֗יתִיhayitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have been
- וָאֱהִ֗יvaehiHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I have become
- הָֽיְתָה־hayetah-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has been
- יִהְי֣וּyihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be
- הֱֽיוֹת־heyot-verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: exactly be
- אֶֽהְיֶ֥הʾehyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am
- הָ֪יָה֫hayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it was
- הָי֥וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are
- הָיִ֣יתָhayitaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have been
- הָיִ֣יתָhayitaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have been
- הָיִ֣יתָhayitaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you are
- יִהְיֽוּ׃yihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be
- הָ֝י֗וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will be
- הָיִ֣יתִיhayitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have become
- וַתְּהִ֖יvatehiHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it became
- וָאֱהִ֖יvaehiHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I became
- יְהִֽי־yehi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may it become
- תְּהִי־tehi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: may it be
- יְהִ֥יyehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anyone be
- הֱיֵ֤הheyehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: become
- הָיִ֣יתִיhayitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have become
- יְהִ֤יyehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may it be
- יְהִ֤יyehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may it be
- וָאֱהִ֣יvaehiHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I have been
- הָי֣וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have become
- הָיִ֥יתִיhayitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I was
- וַיְהִ֣יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was
- יִהְי֨וּ׀yihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be
- הָיִ֣ינוּhayinuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have become
- תְּֽהִי־tehi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: may it be
- יִהְיֶ֣הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
- וִיהִ֖יvihiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and may it be
- הָ֤י֥וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have become
- הָ֥יוּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they became
- הָ֝יִ֗יתִיhayitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am
- יִהְיֶ֑הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
- הָיָ֥הhayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has become
- הָיִ֥יתָhayitaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have been
- יִהְי֑וּyihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are
- וִיהִ֤י׀vihiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and let it be
- יִהְיֽוּ׃yihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be
- וַיְהִ֬יvayhiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he has become
- הָיִ֣יתָhayitaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you were
- הָ֝יִ֗יתִיhayitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am
- וָאֶֽהְיֶ֑הvaehyehHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I have become
- וִ֣יהִיvihiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and it may be
- יְהִ֤יyehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may it be
- בִּֽ֭הְיוֹתָםbihyotompreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: when were they
- וַיִּהְי֖וּvaiyihyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they became
- תִּהְיֶ֥הtihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: let it become
- יִֽהְיֽוּ־yihyu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be
- יִֽהְיוּ־yihyu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be
- יְהִי־yehi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it belong
- יְהִ֥יyehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it belong
- יְהִֽי־yehi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may it be
- יִהְי֣וּyihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them be
- תְּהִי־tehi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: may it be
- הָיִ֣יתִיhayitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have become
- יִהְיֶ֣הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be
- יִהְיֶ֥הyihyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will become
- יְהִ֤יyehiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may it be
- הָיְתָ֣הhayetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it became
- יִהְי֣וּyihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be
- וַֽיְהִי־vayhi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he has become
- וַתְּהִי־vatehi-Hc/Vqw2mstagged: and you have become
- הָ֝יְתָ֗הhayetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has become
- הָ֣יְתָהhayetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has come
- הָֽיוּ־hayu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been
- הָֽיְתָה־hayetah-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has belonged
- יְהִי־yehi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let it be
- יְהִֽי־yehi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may it be
- הָ֭יִיתִיhayitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have become
- תְּהִֽי־tehi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: may it be
- הָי֣וּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were
- יְהִֽי־yehi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may it be
- שֶׁהָ֣יָהshehayahrelative particle (“who / which”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: who he was
- שֶׁהָ֣יָהshehayahrelative particle (“who / which”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: who he was
- הָ֝יִ֗ינוּhayinuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we were
- הָיִ֥ינוּhayinuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we were
- יִ֭הְיוּyihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they be
- תִּהְיֶ֣ינָהtihyeinahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: may they be
- יִהְי֣וּyihyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be
- הָ֣יוּhayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have become
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
